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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An Alaska Railroad freight train derailed after it ran into avalanche debris on the tracks south of Girdwood. The City of Homer and Homer Drawdown are working together to increase people-powered transportation and trail access around town. An Alaska Railroad freight train is surrounded by snow after …

Talk of the Rock host Jared Griffin speaks with Kodiak History Museum curator Lynn Walker and operations manager Myra Sholze about the museum’s temporary exhibit program, call for artists, and more. Listen:

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska schools are preparing to meet the new state educational requirements of the READS Act next fall. Senate President Gary Stevens talks about his legislative priorities. And the state is offering help to livestock farmers who are struggling to buy feed. Alaska Meat Company cattle on Sitkinak …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: It was a fast and furious finale for Team Alaska at the Arctic Winter Games. A bus station in Ninilchik, has the potential to become a small Native reservation — but the state of Alaska is pushing back. And a Toksok Bay couple is an internet sensation. …

On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: A Senate Committee has proposed adding $1000 to the Base Student Allocation. Southeast Alaska has seen an uptick in fentanyl-laced pills. And Fairbanks’ only natural gas supplier signed a 20-year contract with Hilcorp to begin sourcing gas from the North Slope. Participants in a pro-education rally hold …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Bureau of Land Management is inclined to allow the development of the Willow project, to drill for oil on federal land in the Arctic. Sitka chef Renee Trafton is a finalist for a James Beard Award. And the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education has upheld the …

On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: Earthjustice is representing tribes in opposition of the Donlin Gold mine. Homer’s Library Advisory Board unanimously voted to uphold a decision to keep 55 books in the children’s section of the public library. And the Alaska Marine Highway System’s decision to pull the Matanuska out of service …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A longtime Anchorage civil rights activist reflects on marching with protesters in the 1960s. The state legislative session begins on Tuesday, and the Alaska House is still not organized. And the Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that an Anchorage Democrat who won a state House race was …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Anchorage Assembly leaders say they want Mayor Dave Bronson to publicly respond to scathing allegations made against him. Senator Bert Stedman says the state needs to balance its long-term fiscal health against its ability to pay large Permanent Fund dividends. And a pilot training program is underway …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A game changing broadband project in Bethel and other communities in the Y-K Delta has a new name. Anchorage Unangax̂ Dancers debuted a song at AFN that welcomes ancestors. And this election features a concerted effort to encourage Alaska Natives to participate. Rhonda McBride